Predicted sex ratio of juvenile Hawksbill Seaturtles inhabiting Buck Island Reef national monument, U.S. Virgin Islands

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 400-404

  Geis, Alyssa ^a   Wibbels, Thane ^a   Phillips, Brendalee ^b   Hillis Starr, Zandy ^c   Meylan, Anne ^d   Meylan, Peter ^e   Diez, Carlos ^f   Van Dam, Robert ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Buck Island Reef National Monument   (Virgin Islands (U.S.))

^d FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^f Chelonia Inc ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^g Chelonia Inc   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA;

EID: 0037673378     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0400:PSROJH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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